Judge Stops Farmers Branch Ordinance

On May 12th, 68% of the voters in Farmers Branch approved a racist ordinance that would force apartment owners to discriminate against Hispanics. The ordinance is supposedly aimed at illegal immigrants, but would force all Hispanics to prove they are American citizens before they could get housing in Farmers Branch.

The ordinance was supposed to take effect next Tuesday, but for now it has been stopped dead in its tracks. U.S. District Judge Sam Lindsay has issued an injunction that keeps the ordinance from going into effect. He said he had reason to believe that a lawsuit filed against the ordinance would succeed in federal court.

The ACLU and the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund have filed the lawsuit. They believe the ordinance is unconstitutional and illegal. Thank goodness for these two organizations who have stepped forward to oppose the "tyranny of the majority". Being in the majority does not give anyone the right to discriminate.